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Toxic encephalopathy due to ingestion of bismuth salts: clinical and EEG studies of 45 patients.

Abstract
Forty-five patients taking bismuth subnitrate orally for therapeutic reasons were admitted to hospital with a myoclonic encephalopathy of acute onset. The clinical features were similar, mostly with mental confusion, disorder of walking and standing, dysarthria, and myoclonic jerks. In 31 cases the EEG showed a characteristic pattern, not previously recognised, which assisted differential diagnosis.
AuthorsV Supino-Viterbo, C Sicard, M Risvegliato, G Rancurel, A Buge
JournalJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry) Vol. 40 Issue 8 Pg. 748-52 (Aug 1977) ISSN: 0022-3050 [Print] England
PMID336849 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Bismuth
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease (diagnosis)
  • Bismuth (adverse effects)
  • Brain Diseases (chemically induced)
  • Confusion (chemically induced)
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome (diagnosis)
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement Disorders (chemically induced)
  • Myoclonus (chemically induced)
  • Photic Stimulation

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